Buckeye Bits: backup quarterback who has regained his football prowess after three seasons in minor league baseball … active arm and ability to make a variety of throws … third in team bowling competition
2008 (Freshman): was the Buckeyes’ No. 3 quarterback … saw most recent action at end of Michigan game … scout team workhorse: Minnesota, Penn State, Illinois … first-year letterman
2007 (Redshirt): joined the Ohio State football program as a walk-on … did not see varsity action for the Big Ten champions… scout team workhorse: Youngstown State
High School: played his sophomore through senior seasons at Lincoln High in Tallahassee, Fla. … all-state in both Virginia and Florida in football and baseball … captain of the football team … threw for 3,000 yards and 28 TD as a junior and 2,000 yards and 27 TD as a senior … all-Big Bend conference … made a verbal commitment to Ohio State before choosing baseball
Personal: son of John and Joy Bauserman … has one brother, J.D. … an avid outdoorsman … signed a baseball contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates as a 2004 fourth-round draft pick and played three seasons (Gulf Coast, Williamsport, Hickory) for that organization … Baseball America rated him as having the best changeup in the Pirates’ farm system
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